Golden Door Charter School

Suggested Summer Reading List- Grade 1

Theme- Let’s Read!

America: My Land, Your Land, Our Land by, W. Nikola-Lisa (easy)

The Old Woman Who Loved to Read by, John Winch (average)

More Than Anything Else by, Marie Bradby (advanced)

Theme- Animals

Sweet Dreams by, Kimiko Kajikawa (easy)

Moo Moo, Brown Cow by, Jakki Wood (easy)

Here is the African Savanna, Madeleine Dunphy (average)

Is Your Mama a Llama? by, Deborah Guarino (average)

A Pinky is a Baby Mouse: And Other Baby Animal Names by, Pam Munoz Ryan (advanced)

Wolf Watch by, Kay Winters (advanced)

Theme- Things That Go

I Spy a Freight Train by, Lucy Mickletwait (easy)

Wheels Around, by, Shelley Rotner (easy)

This Plane by, Paul Collicutt (average)

This Is The Way We Go To School: A Book About Children Around the World by, Edith Baer (average)

The Listening Walk by, Paul Showers (advanced)

Firehorse Max by, Sara London (advanced)

Theme- Our Neighborhood At Work _____

Communities by, Gail Saunders-Smith (easy)

Night Shift Daddy by, Eileen Spinelli (easy)

My Town: A lift- the- flap book by, Usborne Publishing (average)

One Afternoon by, Yumi Heo (average)

Career Day by, Anne Rockwell (advanced)

Mommy Works, Daddy Works by, Marika Pedersen & Mikele Hall (advanced)

Theme- Weather

Snow by, Kristin Ward (easy)

Rain by, Manya Stojic (average)

Snow Is Falling by, Franklin M. Branley (advanced)

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Theme- Journeys

Rosie’s Walk by, Pat Hutchins (easy)

The Train Ride by, June Crebbin (easy)

Amelia’s Fantastic Flight by, Rose Bursik (average)

I’m Not Moving, Mama! by, Nancy White Carlstrom (average)

Ferryboat Ride! by, Anne Rockwell (advanced)

The Josefina Story Quilt by, Eleanor Coerr (advanced)

Theme- Keep Trying

The Chick and the Duckling by, Mirra Ginsburg (easy)

Flap Your Wings and Try by, Charlotte Pomegrantz (easy)

The Story of a Blue Bird by, Tomek Bogacki (average)

One Duck Stuck by, Phyllis Root (average)

The Purple Coat by, Amy Hest (advanced)

One Fine Day by, Nonny Hogrogian (advanced)

Theme- Games

This is Baseball by, Margaret Blackstone (easy)

Take Me Out to the Ballgame by, Jack Norworth (easy)

What’s What: A Guessing Game by, Mary Serfozo (average)

Leon and Bob by, Simon James (average)

Moongame by, Frank Asch (advanced)

James and the Rain by, Karla Kuskin (advanced)

Theme- Being Afraid

Sheila Rae, the Brave by, Kevin Henkes (easy)

First Day Jitters by, Julie Danneberg (easy)

Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps by, Cythia Rylant (average)

Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear? By, Martin Waddell (average)

Let’s Go Home, Little Bear by, Martin Waddell (advanced)

Feelings by, Aliki (advanced)

Theme- Homes

My House, Mi Casa: A Book in Two Languages by, Rebecca Emberley (easy)

To Market, To Market by, Anne Miranda (easy)

Homeplace by, Anne Shelly (average)

The Someday House by, Anne Shelby (average)

The Little House by, Virginia Lee Burton (advanced)

Livingstone Mouse by, Pamela Duncan Edwards (advanced)